High-water mark
679.4056
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.4056 at 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-08-15
Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology)
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1533
peak 1533 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-16
latest 2014-08-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 21%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
673.50
last 3 Master vs avg 673.50 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±4.48
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.07 · weakest Chicken (166.65)
Road miles
45
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
673.50 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
WOODWARD BARBEQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
WOODWARD BARBEQUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PORKY BUTTS BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 83 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2124 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2108 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 60% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology) on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2135 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#2139 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
8 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Smokin' Dinger (The Professor of Hogology)'s is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 162.2400 | 166.65 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4628 | 165.1544 | 171.07 | top 18% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 161.6684 | 167.79 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8684 | 163.3940 | 167.99 | top 27% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 19% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 23% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-08-16 → 2014-08-15
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NE
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 171.07 · weakest Chicken (166.65)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
3 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Master average
673.50
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
84
92–21 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
45
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Power rating
1533
peak 1533 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- First call 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- First overall top-10 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.5368 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4628 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- 2014
- Career-best overall score679.4056 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- Peak power rating (1533) 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
- Most recent contest 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.2 | 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska | 2014-08-15 |
| +11 | Cass County | 2014-08-08 |
| +9.8 | 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska | 2013-08-16 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 94.4% | 93.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-15 | 22nd Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska LaPlatte, NE | 6 / 38 (679.4056) | 7 (172.0000) | 5 (172.5944) | 7 (171.4172) | 18 (163.3940) |
| 2014-08-08 | Cass County Weeping Water, NE | 8 / 35 (668.5600) | 19 (162.2400) | 12 (165.1544) | 5 (170.2972) | 4 (170.8684) |
| 2013-08-16 | 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska LaPlatte, NE | 10 / 43 (672.5368) | 23 (165.7028) | 3 (175.4628) | 32 (161.6684) | 10 (169.7028) |